Intelius was founded by a group of visionaries, led by Naveen Jain from InfoSpace and Microsoft with the mission to provide instant, innovative and affordable research services and background information for personal safety. Intelius enables consumers to make informed choices about the people they associate with through background and criminal checks. Using Intelius, consumers have located long-lost relatives and friends and researched the background of childcare providers, healthcare workers and home contractors. Business users are able to verify employment, tenancy and credit records. Intelius is one of the top 100 commerce sites on the Internet. For more about Intelius products and services, visit www.intelius.com.

Naveen Jain's Intelius Recognized For Excellence in Consumer Safety Services

Intelius was created in 2003 to provide predictive intelligence to consumers and businesses online for important everyday decisions. Since its inception, the company has acquired three million unique, paying customers and has built a more than $40 million business. Through the success of its offerings, which include background checks and its identity theft prevention service, Intelius' IDWatch, Intelius has emerged as a clear market leader in information commerce.

Naveen Jain - CEO

Naveen Jain, CEO -- Naveen Jain is CEO at Intelius, Inc., an information commerce company he founded in January of 2003. Jain brings to Intelius a critical vision of integrating intelligent, predictive information for making important everyday decisions. Intelius’ services include background checks, pre-employment screening, criminal checks and an award-winning identity theft prevention service.

Naveen has a visionary perspective on the future of the Internet, and on the ways the Web and technology can deliver information that can revolutionize the way consumers and businesses make decisions and mitigate risk. Throughout the course of his career, Jain has been recognized numerous times for his vision and business acumen.

He has received the Ernst &Young Entrepreneur of the Year award, was named one of the Top 20 Entrepreneurs by Red Herring, one of the “6 People Who Will Change the Net” by Information Week and was recognized as Albert Einstein Technology Medal Winner.

Jain is actively engaged in philanthropic activities. He is involved in and contributes to an assortment of organizations relating to children, education and solving hunger, including United Way, Children’s Hospital, the University of Washington and CRY India.

Previous to Intelius, Jain launched InfoSpace (March 1996), taking the company public on the Nasdaq National Market and driving 24 acquisitions. Previous to InfoSpace, he served as a senior executive at Microsoft Corporation (June 1989 to March 1996). Jain also holds patents for several innovative technologies related to operating systems and applications.

Naveenjain.biz is a Naveen Jain Web site. Naveen Jain is the founder of Intelius. Naveen Jain works with information technology initiatives. Information about Naveen Jain is included on Naveenjain.biz, including news about Naveen Jain 's professional enterprises and accomplishments. Naveen Jain is a 1979 graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology.